Chapter 122: No Conscience Cannon
Considering the range of the flying thunder cannon, Luo Yang never rushed to bombard, even the iron-cast cannon, he controlled it and did not strike, so as to induce the infantry of the Hui army brigade to move forward.
The bravery of the Hui soldiers, incomparable, thousands of men and horses, scrambling to jump over the moat, ** mud whirring straight to the moat, this time, their tactical command is also quite good, forcing the troops under the city, division of labor and cooperation, with tacit understanding, a column with bows and crossbows, a column with guns and a very small number of foreign guns to shoot, and some with just arrived iron cannons and pine wood cannons bombardment, with this fire cover, the morale of the Hui army is more vigorous, the sound of the mountain and the tsunami, outrageous,
Many Taiping soldiers and soldiers, their faces have changed, and many people in the city are also trembling, if it weren't for the habit of slaughtering the city by returning to the army, I'm afraid most of these people would have to abandon their weapons and surrender.
Luo Yang was also secretly frightened, and sighed with emotion and admired this group of returning soldiers who were charging into battle, if such soldiers went to fight against the British and French invading forces, no matter what, even if the British and French coalition forces could win, they would definitely pay a heavy price.
"You must make a forced landing and return to the army and become your own subordinates."
The efficiency of the Hui army's siege of the city was quite high, and the snow-white hats and snowfields covered by the sun were diffuse, covering the wilderness outside the city tightly, and under the forced gaze, it seemed that the whole world was moving, and the city of Hanzhong was swept away.
"Kill, kill, kill all the hairy thieves."
"Avenge our brother."
"None of them will be left."
The strong Hui army, showing the majesty and tenacity carved out of the harsh cold, wind and sand harsh environment in the northwest region, the vast majority of the Taiping army in the Huaihe River area, the ordinary Han people who were poisoned by Confucianism and lost their strength and blood, suppressed and supported hard, and retreated one after another.
A cluster of projectiles from the army's iron-cast cannons, shotguns from pine cannons, greatly wounded the defenders on a section of the wall, and then the infantry climbed up and swarmed in.
The city is full of flaws,
Of course, the Hui army is also extremely confident in his own strength, so he picked the strongest defense near the west gate tower of the city, and also gave Luo Yang a chance to succeed.
The white tide of the Hui army overflowed the city wall of Hanzhong, and almost at the same time, it broke the city gate again and broke through.
"Kill, kill, resist, go back to the city." The people on both sides of the tower were taken aback, knowing that the worst was about to happen, and they also went crazy and blocked them from all over the place, especially some women in the city, although they were all small-footed, they also caught sticks and other things, and charged forward to intercept them, and the old, weak, sick and disabled beat gongs and drums to help the battle.
The considerable national contradictions have made this offensive and defensive war particularly intense.
On Luo Yang's side, all the artillery soldiers were holding back their strength and waiting anxiously, because they had developed a powerful flying thunder cannon, because they used bombs to bombard the enemy, and the Taiping army in the city could obey their command, but they couldn't hold back any longer: "Brother Luo, if you can't fight, why don't you fight." ”
"Okay, hit."
There is only one flying thunder cannon, commanded and manipulated by Luo Yang personally, and the angle has been adjusted anytime and anywhere, aiming at the crowd of Hui soldiers who are spreading on the city tower, he waved his hand calmly, and the assistant quickly ignited the fire rope, and in an instant, the sparks splashed, and the fire rope quickly ignited the propellant,
"Boom." An earth-shattering roar, sudden,
Everyone was surprised by this loud noise, even the Hui soldiers who were attacking, they all turned their faces to watch,
Less than 100 meters away from the vicinity of the city tower, the Hui army that spread to the head of the city jumped off the city wall while rushing towards the defenders on both sides, and at the same time, some of the Hui troops who rushed up from the city gate also joined the battle on the city, and the situation was in chaos, which showed the extraordinary combat effectiveness of the Hui army.
The huge black explosive pack, because of the adjustment of the amount of gunpowder and the angle of the cannon barrel, accurately fell to the edge of the tower in the west of the city, only to hear another more powerful popping sound, almost the entire north of the tower, was collapsed,
This is a long-conceived plan, instead of directly bombing the Hui army, but bombarding the city tower,
This is an indirect strike scheme,
Sure enough, the effect came out,
The part of the city tower that was bombarded, some of it splashed, bursting in all directions, bricks and tiles, etc., killing and injuring a large number of the nearby Hui troops, and even the Hui troops in the distance, and at the same time, the part that quickly collapsed, with a muffled sound, covered a large part of the Hui army crowd that spread up, and then there were many parts, falling towards the two places inside and outside the city, and also smashed on the heads of the Hui army.
Luo Yang and the others, who only tracked the landing point of the shell, did not care about anything else, and immediately arranged the propellant again and reloaded the explosive bag.
The Hui army saw it more clearly, especially Ren Wu and the others, who were commanding from a distance under the city, were startled, and involuntarily exclaimed: "Ahhh ”
The extremely tragic bombardment, the Hui soldiers near the city tower, felt it more clearly,
The smoke and dust of the heavens suddenly covered them, and then, many of them felt the impact of the heavy object, and then, painfully, numbly, fell over, lay down, or lost their consciousness,
A lucky soldier of the Hui army was unscathed, rolled a few times and got up to see, stupid,
The comrades-in-arms who were charging around had all fallen, and the blood had smeared almost all the characters and the ground into terrifying colors, and dozens, or even hundreds, of the comrades-in-arms who had returned to the army had become unjust souls under the dust.
With a scream, the dejected Hui soldier fled with his legs,
Because of the strict division of labor and cooperation, the standard dosage, therefore, the interval firing time of the Luoyang Flying Thunder Artillery Unit has been compressed to a minimum, one shot in ten seconds, and one shot in twelve seconds, in the eyes of Ren Wu, the commander of the Hui army outside the city, it is a continuous shooting, one by one huge black packages rise into the air, and fall from the sky, once landed, it will raise huge smoke and dust, swallowing up a large group of Hui soldiers.
After the smoke and dust, all the soldiers of the Hui army were swept down, and almost none of them were spared.
The huge air wave also blew down the Hui soldiers who were tens of meters around the radius.
After the bombardment of five or six flying thunder cannons, the characteristic power of this "unconscionable cannon" was fully manifested, and almost all the returning troops in front and behind the city tower were blown up.
At least four or five hundred people.
Not to mention the Hui army that had just poured into the city, even the people in the city who went to intercept it, they were all dizzy by the bombing, lost their weapons and fled.
More follow-up troops were also stunned by the tragic world in front of them, and without waiting for command, they turned around and retreated,
In order to contact the Hui army and make it available to the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, it was necessary to use enough power to subdue it, so Luo Yang did not give up and ordered: "Keep shooting, towards the most densely populated place in the west." ”
"Yes." The fighters of the artillery group were so happy that they almost sang,
It's a pity that there is only this flying thunder cannon, otherwise, the Hui army will be even more miserable, if there is a dozen guns fired at the bombardment, it is estimated that all the Hui attackers, don't want to escape back to one person,
Boom, another shell exploded, covering the fleeing Hui infantry, smoke and dust, more than 40 Hui soldiers lacked arms and legs, and were even directly torn into tatters.